Hues in the Pews by John Dart
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" The Congregations Project, based at Rice, is believed to be the first large study focused on racial and ethnic diversity within Christian houses of worship. Emerson and colleagues say the data show that mixed churches are a rare breed in America–counting for only 8 percent. The researchers regard a "mixed" congregation as one with at least 20 percent of its members providing racial or ethnic diversity.
Ironically, the poorest record on diversity–only 2 to 3 percent mixed on average–belongs to historic Protestant churches, which were among the first to trumpet the ideal of integrated congregations. Many mainline clergy were stirred by the civil rights movement of the 1960s to render obsolete the observation, usually attributed to Martin Luther King Jr., that "11 A.M. Sunday is the most segregated hour of the week in America."
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